. * * * My ears perked briefly when it occurred to me that a 1-level Divine Soul Sorcerer dip is an opportunity to pick up Cleric cantrips and spells with Charisma instead of Wisdom for the spellcasting ability modifer. But it turns out, other than the obvious effect on spell save DC or attack rolls, the only spells this impacts are Cure Wounds and Healing Word. Survival almost never hinges on 3-4 points of healing differential mid-combat, so it's a non-issue. And Sorcerers already get ample offens... (...more)

Saturday or Sunday I rebooted my fon because something was acting wonky, I forget what. And for I think the third time since I got this device now, something blocked my lock screen customizations when I restarted so it defaulted to the blah stock clock. One of the jammed settings was "Lift to Wake", which I don't want. There's a mechanical button on the side of the device, and I don't want the screen to wake unless I press that button. In popular parlance we call it the "power" button but the way these dev... (...more)

On U 1/25, we woke up to a light dusting of snow, which accumulated to problematic levels by nightfall. By today that snow was largely melted from drives and walkways, but not even completely from lawns. Snow fell all today but it wasn't quite cold enough to start sticking and accumulating until ~3-4pm. Forecasts are calling for as much as 18" here and as much as 30" (!) in Toms River. Needless to say we are all 101% fatigued with winter, freezing cold, snow and ice, and road salt grime. 8 ea K ... (...more)

vehicle reg renewal: hurdles include inspection and out-of-locale insurance
farfalle ala vodka sans the vodka ...
Survivor board game

bed after 11, snooze past 7 * * * I've expressed this before but I miss simpler meals as the norm. We've been chronically overpacking the pipeline with enormous supplies of not-particularly-protein-dense lasagne, fried rice etc. which we then have to eat for days and days. It blocks rotation of healthy variety and fresher staples. I feel subtly pressured to overeat while the monomeal is still fresh enough to not have to be made sad by freezing or wasted outright as discard. The economy of cookin... (...more)